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, 1887-09-24
WONDERS OF THE SEA.


It's Great Depth-Deoeptlve Waves-Tho
Power of Evaporation.
The sea occupies three-fifths of the
surface of the earth. AT the depth of
about $500 feet waves are not felt. The
temperature is the same, varying only a
trihe from the ice of the pole to the sun
of the equator. A mile down the water
has a pressure Of over a ton to the square
inch. If a box of six feet deep was filed
with sea water and allowed to ~evaporate
under the sun, there would be two inches
Of salt left on the bottom. Taking the
average depth of the ocean to be three
miles. there would be a layer of pure salt
$50 feet thick on the bed of the Atlantic.
The water is colder at the bottom than at
the surface. In the many bays on the
coast of Norway the water often freezes
at the bottom before it does above.
Waves are very deceptive. To look at
them in a storm one would think the
water travelled. The water stays in the
same place, but the motion goes or
Sometimes in storms these waves are
forty feet high, and travel fifty miles an
hour-more than twice as fast as the
swiftest steamer. The distance from
valley to valley is generally fifteen times
the height, hence a wave five feet high
will extend over seventy-five feet of
water. The force of the dashing on Bell
Rock is said to be seventeen tons for each
square yard. Evaporation is a wonder
full power in drawing the water from the
sea. Every year a layer of the entire
sea fourteen feet thick ia taken up into
the clouds.
The winds bear their burden into the
land, and the water comes down in rain
upon the fields, to flow back at last
through rivers. The depth of the sea
presents an interesting problem. II the
Atlantic was lowered @, 554 feet, the dis
lance from shore to shore would be half
as great, or 1900 miles. If lowered a
little more than three miles, say 10, $50
feet, there would be a road of dry land
from Newfoundland to Ireland. This is
The plane on which the great Atlantic
cables were laid. The Mediterranean is
comparatively shallow. The drying up
Of $50 feet would leave three different
seas, and Africa would be joined with
Italy. The British dlannel is more like a
pond, which accounts for its choppy
waves.
1t has heen found difficult to get the
correct sounding of the Atlantic. A
midshipman of the navy overcame the
difficulty, and shot weighing thirty
pounds carries down the line. A hole is
bored through the sinker, through which
a rod of iron is passed, moving easily
back and forth. In the end of the bar a
cup Is dug, and the inside coated with
lard. The bar is mado fast to the line,
and a sling holds the shot on. When the
bar, which extends below the ball,
touches the earth, the sling unhooks and
the shot slides off. The lard in the end
of the bar holds some of the sand, or
whatever may be or the bottom, and a
drop shuts over the cup to keep the water
from washing the sane out. When the
ground is reached a shock is felt rs if an
electric current has passed through tho
line.-Oceau Wave.
, 1887-09-24

A Philadelphia umbrella manufacturer
says there are about 1900, 900 umbrellas
and parasols sold in this country every
year. America has gone ahead Of other
nations in manufacturing them, and not
more than 10 per cent. are imported.
The Sheffield umbrella, however, still
leads the world. Domestic makers have
to figure very closely, and were they to
raise prices 10 per cent. the country
would be deluged with foreign material.
1t is q remarkable circumstance than only
one person has ever made any money on
any patent ON an umbrella. That man is
old "Sanmy" Fox, Of Sheffield, Eng,
undoubtedly the best known umbrella
maker in the world. He made the first
paragon frame, and he got a royalty
from every one made for fourteen years.
An umbrella goes through many hands
before it is sold. No one firm makes an
entire umbrella. The ribs and braces are
made in one factory, the sticks in an
other and the little catches that slide
along the stick in still another, while the
silk is imported. Fashion has a great
deal to do with the business .-Boston
Transcript.
, 1887-09-24

The Commentator of the glass is done
partly in connection with the exposure in
the furnace, and partly in the finishing
shops, where the work IL completed by
cutting, polishing, furnishing, etching,
painting and mounting in metal. The
glass houses have at their command a very
complies color scale for transparent,
Opaque and elouded glasses. But it must
not DO supposed that a erucible is placed
in the furnace for each color, from which
glass colored for each ornament Is to DO
made. The eolors are worked out by
means of what are called pastes, previ-
ously warmed until they are soft, suitable
quantities are cut on, laid upon the foun-
dation OF white or colored glass, and then
spread put by drawing or blowing. BY
this means only IL IN economical use of
such costly materials AS gold and silver
compositions possible.
Some Of the glasses thus trssted-gold,
copper and silver glasses-remain still lit
tie, or not at all, colored after the melting,
shaping and quick cooling; and do not
take on their bright hues till they are re-
heated. This is the case with the yellow
silver glass, which continues uncolored
after the intermelting of the silver salt
until 1t is exposed in the furnace again.
Very nne effects are produced by blending
or overrunning Of the paste eolors, pro-
vided proper attention is given to the laws
of harmony. A blue glass cup is, for ex-
ample, ovsrlaid with silver glass at its
upper edge, and this il drawn down in
gradually thinner tones till it fades sway
at the foot Of the vase. Gold and copper
ruby colors are thus combined with green
glasses, sts. Another brilliant effect is
produced when a still hot bulb of glass is
rolled in finely pulverized aventurins
glass, n after this IL melted, and pre-
vious to the shaping OF the vessel, il over
laid with a coating of either eolorod or
colorlssH Elass .-CAristian at Work.
, 1887-09-24

To prepare the sardine in its perfection
it should be boiled alive in oil, like an old
martyr. If this cannot be done, then it
should be cooked as soon after death as
possible. 1t is alleged against some of
the patent nets that the fish dies at once
in their pockets and its quality is greatly
de~teriorated. The of cooking is
simple. AS o as possible after the
fish is caught it is dipped in a kettle of
boiling olive oil. Care must be taken
that the oil is not burned or used too
many times owe and that the fish is not
kept in it too long. The implement used
is made of wire, in w parts, something
like a toasting rake, with hinges, the
fishes being laid on nj side and the other
being closed over them, keeping them in
place.-San Francisco Chronicle.
, 1887-09-24
Going to might ouarter..Y

The operation known as ''going to night
quarters" consists in preparing a ship for
Immediate action, and the CELEBRITY with
which 1t can DO carried out is so extraor-
binary as to be almost incredible. 1t il
nearly midnight; the flagship is blowing
her way across the calm sea, and the regu-
lar humping of her screw is almost the
only noise that il audible on board of her.
Tho officer of tho watch passes like u
shadow backward and forward along the
bridge. On the poop the marine sentry
and a few CHASTITY looking signalmen move
silently hither and thither. A light shines
from the skylight OF the admiral's cabin;
but if you look down you may see the ad-
miral asleep in his armchair, with a book
upon his knees. On the dimly lighted
main deck there is a steady murmur caused
by the concert of several hundre snores,
and the officers, like the bluejackets and
marines, are in the arms of Morpheus.
But, unfortunately for the peace of the
ship, the admiral has given orders that he
is to be called at midnight, and shortly
before that hour the little midshipman of
the watch steals softly below and wakes
the flag lieutenant, who in his turn wakes
the admiral.
Then the admiral suddenly appears on
the poop, followed by a few heavily coated
subordinates, and the order is given. In
an instant tho ship from stem to stern
leaps from sleep. Men drop from their
hsmmooks and partially dress themselves
with a haste which could scarcely be ex-
ceeded with their lives in jeopardy. Tha
hammockS, which interfere with the fgh;-
ing arrangements, are dashed up, and arc
placed on the upper deck abreast of their
proper MEETINGS, and ready to be slowed
and covered. All lights which show out
side the ship are ~extinguished, and the
fighting lanterns are lighted. Electric
search lights are got ready for use. Ali
water tight doors are closed, the maya
zines are opened and lighted, fire engines
and hoses are prepared, and tho guns are
cleared away and made ready for action.
When a ship Is over 10, 900 tons dlsplace-
ment, has = complement OF more than 700
men, and carries a number Of guns the
operation OF going to night quarters in
wolves an amount Of work and hustle
which might well make a civilian despair
Of accomplishing the business in a day.
Yet In five minutes and a half after the
giving Of the order an oflcer reports that
the gum are clear, and that, in fact, the
ship is In all respects ready for action
Court Journal.
, 1887-09-24
DON'T

let that cold of YOURS run on. You think
it is a light thing. But it may run into
catarrh. Or into pneumonia. Or con-
sumption.
Catarrh is disgusting. Pneumonia is
dangerous. Consumption is death itself.
The breathing apparatus must be kept
healthy and clear of all distractions and
offensive matter. Otherwise there is
trouble ahead.
All the diseases of these parts, head,
nose, throat, bronchial tubes and lungs,
can be delightfully."- and entirely cured by
the use OF Boschee's German Syrup. 1t
you don't know this already, thousands
and thousands of people can tell you.
They have been cured by it, and know
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cents. Ask any druggist.
, 1887-09-24

This club system is growing apace in
the cities of America, and Is o consider
able factcr in the decline in matrimony
among the Weather and more aristo-
cratic young men. The latter are dis
posed to contend that the girls are all to
blame in the matter. They say that the
American girl of n certain social position
enters society with a superficial educa-
ton; with no domestic requirements
(Which she has learned to scorn), and
with a marked propensity to expensive
and e~xtravagant dressing and entertain
ing. 1--WE can't afford It," is the cry Of
many young men with salaries ranging
from $1,000 10 $4,000 a year.-Balti.
more Herald.
, 1887-09-24

An English witness relates how in Oc-
tober of 1894 she was n day standing
at the door of a shop to which a beggar
came to buy a slice of pumpkin. The
shopkeeper refused to let it go for less
tina the price she had originally fixed,
whereupon the beggar insolently told her
that she was gangrenee d'a~ristocratie.
The unhappy shopkeeper turned pale and
cried out, "My civisme is beyond dis
pute, but take the pumpkin" The beg
gar's reply was, 'Ahl now you arc a
good republican," The muttered COM
ment OF the shopkeeper was, Eyes, yes,
It's a fine thing to be a good republican
when n has not bread to cat
When the threat of a beggar could
make an honest and insignificant person
like this old market woman tremble and
turn pale, it Is not surprising to find that
for many months after the actual reign
OF terror was over, people very generally
went about under a continual sense of
apprehension. The Parisians of those
days are said to have habitually worn q
Revolutionary aspect" They had been
at one time the frankest and most viva
oious people in the world-gay, open,
CHEEKY and polite. The terror had made
them morose and suspicious. They walked
with their heads bent on their breasts,
and many of them had contracted a habit
of looking from under the lids of their
half hut eyes before speaking, especially
to strangers. The holder and more reck-
less spirits staggered about in ultra revo-
~lutionary costume; carmagnole of rough
cloth, leather breeches, top boots and a
bonnet rouge with a preposterously large
tricolorsd cockade at the side.-Tsmple
Bar.
, 1887-09-24

The annual average of dangerous
storms in different seas and CULTS has
been tabulated by Mr.. w. Doberck, OF
the Hong Kong observatory, as follows;
Arabian sea, 10; Bay Of Bengal, 49,
Southern Indian ocean, SO; lava sea, 12i
China sea, PA; Gulf Of Mexico, $50. In
the Antilles the maximum frequency ID
in August: in the China sea, December
Java sea and Southern Indian ocean,
February; Bay of Bengal, October; Ara,
bian sea, June.-Arkansaw Traveller.
, 1887-09-24
Very Kemnrknhie Recovery

Mr.. Geo. V. Willing, of Manchester,
Mich, writes: MY wife has been almost
helpless for five years, SO helpless that she
could not turn over in bed alone. She
used two bottles of Electric Bitters, and is
so much improved that she is able now to
do her own work" Electric Bitters will
do all that is claimed for them. Hun
dreds of testimonials attest their great GU
rative powers Only fifty cents a bottle
at W. N. Hunts
, 1887-09-24

OF the success of Hoods. Sarsaparilla., is
the fact that every purchaser receiyesi'a
fair equivalent for his money. The faplil.
lar head line "l00"Doses .OneSDollar, y
stolen by imitators, is original with and
true only of Hood s...S arsaparilla, wThis
canjeasily be proven by any one who dc
sires to 81 1.-THE matter. For real economy,
buy only Hoods Sarsaparilla. Sold by
all druggists.
, 1887-09-24
To Revenge Himself.

DR.. Frank Boas, in a report on tho In
dian tribes of British Columbia, says that
the principal figure In the mythology of
several of Thorn is a raven, who created
all things, not for the benefit of mankind.
but to revenge himself. Boston Hos
old.
, 1887-09-24

DR.. Ellington, of Edinburgh, claims 30
have discovered a bacillus in the blood
and desquamation Of patients suffering
with scarlet fever. The Medico-C hirurgi-
cal Society OF Edinburgh has appointed a
committee to investigate the bacillus and
is relation to scarlet fe yer.-Science.
, 1887-09-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums, al
lays the pain, cures wind collie. and is the
best remedy fer diarrhGa Twenty-Five
cents a bottle.
, 1887-09-24

The hest salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
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is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price, % cents per
box. For sale by W. N. Hunt.
, 1887-09-24
sun.hin. in All Rooms.

A sanitary engineer suggests the ina
p%ortsnee Of building on streets running
northwest aud southeast, or northeast and
southwest. Sunshine in all rooms at some
time III the day can thus be insured, with
a great gain in healthfulness .-Arkssssw
Trayolsr
, 1887-09-24
OUR NEW CLOAK ROOM

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, 1887-09-24
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, 1887-09-24

Cheyenne: 'TTransferE -::company-From
FIVE pounds per day to a carload at a time
Reasonable reductions to large consumers
, 1887-09-24
FOR The EXPOSITION!
Knowing that Many of Our 0ut-of-
Town Customers

Will wish to take advantage'of their visit to
Denver to do their fall shopping, we have
made extensive preparations to make their
visit pleasant and profitable. Never before
have we shown such a line of Bargains as
we have In store for September trade.
, 1887-09-24

2,l79 Prizes amounting to.....-.-....-....... 1886. 900
Application for rates to clubs should be made
only to the office of the Company in New Or
leans.
For further information write clearly, giving
full address. Postal Notes, Express Money
Orders, or New York Exchange in ordinary
letter. Currency by express lat our expense)
addressed to
NJ. A. DAUPHIN, New Orleans, La,
Or NJ. A. DAUPHIN, Washington, DC.
, 1887-09-24

We the undersigned Banks and Bankers will
pay all prizes drawn In The Louisiana State
Lotteries which may be presented at our coun-
tiers
j; II. Oglesby, Pres. Louisiana National Bank.
Pierre LanauX, Pres. State National Bank.
a Baldwin Pres. New Orleans National Bank,
Carl Kohn. Pres. Union National Bank.
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+ lecial bl4raich To iAo ExRmIurr.
IlILISLoRo. Nuv H. Lme lost
.,i,,,t \,.,ol.,u ,ho 1.,,,,t., ,o.
"7" '. " 'N- " "",
puttlh9 WA" 'hPer III ''c racks ana
hi- brother Clarence Wa thrown IT
up 10 him. one bundle he ailcd .o
catch and fan bnck on ,,nmp. break
ing it, and instantly everything was
ubM/c. Tie lnuu ,ya,uot moro than
ten feet from several Dnr.
rcls Of whisky. brandy. urprntine
md kcto-ine oil. the No-.rs' Mich
Alison loat nil their wearing npparcl
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~pcini Dispatch to The Ekhlniu,r'
SAN ANTONIO. May 7-E. i. 1. 70.
editor ottho southwest Church, .
Cathohc paper published il thI, city,
was committed to the colaboo,c to-
day. charged with maliciou-ly iuiur-
ing public property Specifically hc
is accused OF breaking with u hammer
u stone statue OF Theresa which occu-
plea nicHc in the lacHdo of the
Alamo II is -aid rhot u masonic en-
biom painted across the bosom of the
clligy cXcitcd the ire oi the dcvout
layman lie has spubIi-hcd articles in
his paper which lead 10 this conr.u-
sion 4 les an net Of yluda i-m which
the Eowau athohc- of san Antonio
Join with Protestant citizens in con
dcmriuL
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NM otGnI 10 BULL WHEAT.
BERLIN, May lG-Thc kreul /eit-
umg and tho Berlin Post urgr the ne
ces7ly Of hcrmany's mobillling her
army in the event OF Gen. Boulanger',
plan being adopted, Tho Post fur
ther recommends the withdrawal Of
400 reserve aud all horses for war
purpose from Alsacc- .orraiue for
tcar those troops may use what they
hHyo ,cunCj from Germany against
Germany herself.
IIE KEltHSrAG COMMITTEE
yesterday by vote OF 10 to adopt
cd tAr first clause Of the brandy tax
biI. lms signifies the passage #
the who's Bill
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from here several rosauto newspaper
men boarded the train and showed
Mr. O'Brieu the morning paper,
Offering their oWnion tHat there
would be no riot though some disap
proval might bc shown rhi- ha,
certainly been true so Tar. Long be-
fore hc reached the depot. passengers
in outgoing trains aud groups Of
people .ucd along ttc tracks ou
either side. pccrrd in auNiou-l( with
anything bat Kind looks on their
faces, and would cXchim a they
pointed. with what looked more
ho the finger of scorn than curio..
ity. 'Ihat'- him ALTHOUGH the
depot was reached exactly AZ N
O'Clock, before O'Bricn could rise
from his seat an immense crowd iilicd
the platforms and blocked all the pas
cars, and the editor of thc United
u, and wH- swept from his sea- aud
CARRIED Niup~t
on his ttct into the carriage which
was in waiting. The first man to-
shake him hN the hand was IA NlW-
lgnn, president OF the local branch OF
the National League. Mr. Muiguu s.
nW partner 40 sir john N,pouH 81.
the Canadian premier Tie crowd
Wa- mEdr up. mostly, ot rcprc-t"t".
tive lrisluuu OF the town, ana a-
they passed from the car- % tic
carriage a. thc union station wl'rc
thc train drew up, tlc iir-i manifesto.
tloh OF i,rNug WAS shown 100 roar,
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llELENA, ", T, May H. Prominent
stockIneni just returned from the
range, report unoXccIlcd prospect,
tor II tine grass crop. Losses Of cattle
during the winter were large fully
twenty-five per ccnt-but with better
prices in prospect for cattle, they say
they viii hardly iecl il, gah5
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7poclal Dispatch 20 Inc ttumnor.
SCUM Bo,QuE, Ma, H. There
will be a dfucipa picnic at south Bos-
que station and at lIalcy'- spring
the 18th inst. Ever! body i. invited
10 come
There ha- bcen soaking rains three
cOn-cCutiYc Moud8y-.
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MIR. o'LRIEN ArroRoNro.

NN, IkTkN At IONONIV'
ToHoNro, May l7.-lt has been de-
cidcd to have Mr. O'Brien deliver his
address from platform in Queens
Park, the same that was occupied by
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-05-18

ToRoNIo, May II, Editor O'Bricn
in this city at II O'Clock to-
day, from Montreal, by the canadian
Pacific railroad Although the hour
of setting cut from Montreal Was
very late large crowds accompanied
hlm TO the raiIwa, station, cheering
and waving their hats lie stood on
the rear platforms OF the sleeping car
-urrounded by special correspondents
of newspapers and bf tho time the
train msJGit start his
ARM WAS ~WoLLEN
irom haud,shsking. The crowd sang
In excellent chorus "for he is u Jolly
gOoC Fellow Gnd "Grod sa,c lrcaud, .
in both of which song- O'Brien him,
self Joined and rs the cars moved out
from the platform he took
oil Lis hat and exclaimed, "GOd pros
per yous.I God save ireland II Then
the cheers arose again and again.
Three cheers tor the American press
was the refrain taken mp and echoed
and re- echoed until those Of the car
oould hear no more. A- the cars
moved away man rushed across tho
track and looking de1antiy at
O'Bricn shouted "lhree cheers for
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-05-18

Iub"ro-"r buh"rot"N!
Free by mail . per dozen. May is
the time to plant. Address. WacO
reeLhousc, Waco Texas
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Doane phologrnphol. ooulh FIfth
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Mr. barclay refused Mr. Wrighrs
oilrr OF t-UCoO tor the race horse
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-27
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